Event News

From Wicker Park Ave. to Schiller St. between Damen Ave. and the baseball field, princesses, sheriffs, dinosaurs, pirates, pumpkins, elephants, bees, spiders, piñatas, witches, wolves, you name it and they were probably "interpreted" by adults, children and dogs during the four-hour extravaganza called Boo-Palooza

The Blah, blah, blob was brought  to the Polish Triangle Coalition's Tuesdays at the Triangle on the afternoon of Sept. 3. by Katherine Darnstadt.

Approximately 3,000 people filled under-staffed Wicker Park on Thursday evening, July 25,

The 7th annual Do-Division Street Fest and Sidewalk Sale from May 31st thru June 2nd, took a hit in the pocket this year due to the weather. Gate revenues are believed to be about half of last year, according to Kara Salgado, the Executive Director of the West Town Chamber of Commerce, who heads up the event. 

With ponies and lots of flapping wings, little and not so little kids were having a great time on a cool Halloween Sunday.

In addition to costume contests for kids and dogs there were games to keep everyone interesting in having fun on a an afternoon with a Bears football game in progress.

Everything from a midway of games, a maze, needle in the straw, pumpkin patch, dunking for apples, chess, puzzles, food train, children’s cooking, puppets, dancers and other performers to a kids costume parade and a dog costume parade brought Wicker Park alive with at least a couple thousand costumed, and not, Halloween revelers of all ages at Boo-Palooza 2012.

Feedback on the Open Streets event that closed Milwaukee Ave. from Division to Western on Sun., Sept. 16 between 5 a.m. and 4 p.m. is being requested by Wicker Park Bucktown (WPB) SSA#33, which funded the event with $70,000.

While the number of gardens on view decreased because of drought, balloons were not dancing at the gates of open gardens due to a nation-wide helium shortage and rain added to the environmental challenges of excessive heat, the Bucktown Garden Walk was a great success July 14 and 15. 

The question is: If Wicker Park Bucktown (WPB) were an alcoholic drink, how would it taste?

The answer is: It would taste like Club Lucky's Six Corner Fizz*!